Large global study reveals impact of screen time on children’s wellbeing

Screen time ‘damages children more than being born into poverty’

Review of 2.8 million young people found digital media use had bigger impact on development than wealth or parenting

Large global study reveals impact of screen time on children’s wellbeing

The study looked at the impact on almost three million children across 64 countries

expert reaction to umbrella review of studies looking at screen use and child and adolescent development

Scientists comment on an umbrella review of studies looking at child and adolescent development and screen use, as published in JAMA Pediatrics.    From our friends at SMC Spain: Tatiana Íñiguez Berrozpe, senior lecturer in Sociology and Vice-Dean of Information and Communication Technologies at the Faculty of Education, University of Zaragoza (Spain), said:“This is a methodologically very sound article. It is a review of reviews that brings tog…